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J. S. PURSLEY.

CORN SHELLER.

No. 281,921. Patented Jllly 24, 1883.

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J. s. PURSLBY.

CORN SHELLER.

Patented July 24, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFCE.

JAMES S. PURSLEY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,921, dated July 24, 1883.

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Be it known that I, JAMEs S. PURsLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shellers, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will. enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v

This invention relates to certain improvements in corn-shellers, and it has for its objects to provide an apparatus that may be attached to a box or other support and operated by means of one hand while the ears of corn are being fed in by the other hand; and it also has for its objects to provide certain improved means whereby the ears of corn may be automatically passed through the apparatus, the cob held to the action of the shellers or strippers, and finally discharged separate from the corn, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved apparatus, showing the same attached to theedge of a box or other support; Fig. '2, a vertical sectional view of my improved apparatus; Fig. 3, a perspective view of one of the shellers detached; Fig. 4, a detached sectional view of a portion of the cob-holding devices, and Fig. 5 a detached view of one of the disks forming part of the cob-holding devices.

The letters A B indicate two metallic shells, which form the body of the apparatus. The upper shell has a central opening, through which the ear corn is fed, and at its lower edge is provided with a beveled flange, C, having a series of miter cog-teeth, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The interior of the said upper casing or shell is provided with a series of eight vertical ribs, D E, the ribs D extend- Ving from near the bottom to near the top of the shell, and the ribs E from about :half-way to the top of the shell. The ribs E, at their lower ends, are provided with sockets, inwhich are pivoted the upper cylindrical pivots, F, of

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the shellers G, the lower pivots, H, of which are pivoted in sockets in an annulus, K, near thelower edge of the upper shell, and secured to the same. The said annulus fits against a rabbeted ilange, L, of an annulus, L', at the lower edge of the upper shell, and is secured to the ribs D by means of screws M. The shellers, near their ends, are provided withinclined strippers N, and are beveled reversely on their adjoining or lapping edges in such manner that when either one is moved by the passage of the ear of corn the others will be similarly moved simultaneously. The shellers are provided with short lugs F2, against which bear the ends of the spiral springs l?, which encircle the pivots H, and are secured to the shell, the springs serving to press the shellers centrally together. The lower shell, B, is provided with a central tube, R, through which the cob passes after the grain has been removed. The said tube terminates short of the top of the lower casing, and upon its upper end is seated a short tubular section, S, which is provided with a series of radial downwardly-inclined tubular extensions, T, the extremities of which sit against the inner side of the lower casing, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Vithin the said tubular extensions are located the movable rods U, which are bifurcated at their converging ends, between which bifurcated portions are journaled the roller-blades V. (Shown in detail in Fig. 5 of the drawings.) The annulus L' is secured to a flange, W, at the upper edge of the lower shell by means of screws X or other suitable connections, the said annulus being provided with equidistant lugs Y, curved at their lower ends, so as to sit on and fit over the extensions T of the upper tubular section in the lower shell or casing, and steady the parts. The said lower casing or shell is provided with an inclined bottom, Z, and an opening, A', at one side, at the lower edge of said bottom, through which the shelled corn is discharged. The said lower shell is provided on its bottom with depending extensions B', one of which is provided with a binding-screw, C', the rear extensionsitting against the inner side of the support, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l. These extensions are so arranged relatively that they may sit at the respective sides of a box or other support, so that upon tightening IOO e eersel the screw the apparatus may be secured rigidly to the same. The lower shell, on its bottom, is provided with a downwardly-extending arm or hanger, B, to which is secured a short shaft or bolt, BW, upon which is mounted a beveled cog driving-wheel, F, the teeth of which intermesh with the initered teeth of the upper shell. The said wheel F is provided with a crank, G', by means of which it may be turned so as to rotate the upper shell.

The operation of my improved apparatus is as follows: rEhe apparatus is secured to the edge of a box or other support, as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings. Upon imparting motion to the beveled cog wheel the upper shell will be rotated.V The ear is inserted through the opening in the upper shell, being forced into the same by hand. The sliellers strip the grain from the cob, the grain falling outside the central tubular sections ofthe lower shell. llhe eobs pass down through said sections, and are held against turning by the concavo-convex roller-blades at the converging ends ofthe bifurcated rods before mentioned. These rods are pressed normally toward each other by means of spiral springs H," and are held from turning by means of the pins I passing between the members of the bifurcated ends.l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, in a corn-Sheller, of the upper and lower shells, the vertical ribs within the upper shell, the rabbeted annulus secured to said shell, the inclined and reversely beveled strippers and their actuating-springs, located in the upper shell, the upper tubular section provided with radial tubes, the rollerblades and actuating-springs located in the lower shell, and the mechanism for operating the upper shell, the whole arranged to operate substantially as specified..

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES S. PURSLEY.

lVitnesses:

Gno. R. BUCHANAN, XV. H. SAUNDnRs. 

